RAPE ACCUSED THRASHED, PARADED NAKED

A 38-year-old school teacher was stripped, thrashed and paraded naked on the streets Tuesday night for allegedly raping a student and leaving her pregnant in Andhra Pradesh’s West Godavari district. According to the police,

Kare Rambabu first sexually exploited the 16-year-old girl, then a student of class 10, six months ago by promising her good grades. The girl later joined a polytechnic college but Rambabu continued to exploit her sexually. Recently, the girl realised that she was pregnant and approached Rambabu, police said. He reportedly gave her some pills for the termination of pregnancy. When the girl developed severe health complications due to heavy bleeding, her parents admitted her in the hospital, where they came to know that she was pregnant. “The enraged parents alerted the other relatives and locals. On Tuesday night, they caught hold of him in his room and beat him up black and blue,” the police said. back” and “Hum kya chahte, azaadi” at the Hazratbal mosque, where Abdullah has traditionally offered Eid prayers. When a section of slogan shouting youngsters tried to approach Abdullah, who was sitting on a chair in the front row because of his ill-health, some people joined hands to make a human chain to prevent them from doing so. Security personnel also threw a ring around the Lok Sabha MP from Srinagar to protect him. “I did not leave the venue and completed my prayers. They are my own people. They are misguided and I cannot escape my duties of being their leader,” Abdullah told PTI.

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